Lion Update: The Questions We Ask
Have you ever heard the call of a lion echo across the valley on a cool winter morning? It somehow manages to drown out anything else and capture our attention, …
Have you ever heard the call of a lion echo across the valley on a cool winter morning? It somehow manages to drown out anything else and capture our attention, …
The male leopards and their territories have been generating fuel for debate both amongst the field team and the online community of late. Which males are causing shifts and which …
No, this is not an obscure reference to J.R.R. Tolkein’s book. Although parallels can definitely be made between what is happening on Londolozi and what happened when Aragorn of Middle Earth …
The Majingilane can be frustrating animals. With such a vast territory, they are forever traversing from one side to the other; visiting the various prides over which they hold sway …
This is a blog that could have been written a few months ago. The Nottens female leopard was last seen in November and you would have to be an outrageous …
The Mhangeni pride continue to surprise us with where they rear their heads. This morning they were found well East of their core territory, right up against Sparta Pride territory. …
A territorial anomaly has arisen in the lion dynamics over the last month or so. The Sparta and Mhangeni Prides have been operating in areas traditionally occupied by the other …
The first time I saw the Sparta Pride they were lying prone on the Southern end of the Londolozi airstrip. There were 10 of them there, including the Tsalala young …
As the winter hues of rust and burnt orange disappear into luminous greens and limes. Flowers bursting from their buds and birds welcoming in the morning sun. The weather shifts …
We don’t often encounter the Nyelethi young female anymore. After the death of her mother (not witnessed, but believed to be in early 2011), she shifted her territory northwards, away …
Still licking his wounds from an epic battle with Camp Pan no more than 3 weeks ago, the Dudley Riverbank 5:5 Male appears to be well on the mend. His …
It was about this time last year that we said our final goodbye to the 3:4 Female as she slipped into that immortal realm of great Londolozi Leopards. This autumn …
The other carefully aimed kick would be for not capturing the Nottens Female in her mothers’ (The 3:4 Female ) old haunts. Marking territory, rubbing up against trees, watching over …